FACTORS INFLUENCING CHOICE OF HOUSING NEIGHBOURHOODS AMONG ACADEMIC STAFF OF NIGERIAN POLYTECHNICS: MAPOLY EXPERIENCE
TOLUWALASE G. OLUWOLE AND ANDREW D. EMUEZE, Volume 5 Issue 1, 2021 Pages 1-12, Published: 2022-10-02
Abstract
The study examined prominent determinants of housing choice of the academic staff of the tertiary institution in Nigeria, with a focus on Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, Ogun State. This was done to provide information on critical factors that influence the preference for housing neighbourhoods among the academic staff when thinking of their dwelling place. The study administered 81 questionnaires to the academic staff of MAPOLY, out of which 53(65.43%) were retrieved and analysed. The study deployed statistical tools such as frequency distribution, weighted mean score (WMS) and Kruskal Wallis test to analyse the data. The result of the analysis showed that critical influencing factors include security of workers' families, proximity to a place of interest, institution housing scheme (cooperative) and income level. The least significant factors were government policy and land/rental prices around the campus. The result of the Kruskal Wallis test ascertained no statistically significant difference in the opinions of the academic staff on the majority of the influencing factors. Conclusively, the security of a worker's family welfare plays out to be the prominent determinant, therefore the study suggests that educational institutions, especially at the tertiary level, should prioritise among others, the housing welfare schemes of their employees to enhance job motivations, especially for institutions that lack staff housing quarters